How is the LSAT score used in the Admissions Process?
A. The LSAT is the only standardized measure that law schools have to predict law school performance. Every student’s undergraduate record is different, even when students have the same major and attend the same undergraduate school. In fact, studies have shown that the LSAT is the best single predictor of first-year law school performance, while the best overall predictor of law school performance is a combination of the LSAT and undergraduate GPA. This is why so many schools use an index combining these two factors in the admissions process. While the LSAT is an important part of the admissions process for every law school, schools use the LSAT as only one factor to consider, along with undergraduate performance, writing skills, community involvement, leadership skills, obstacles overcome prior to law school, career achievements prior to law school, etc. In 2006 the American Bar Association changed its rules requring law schools to use the average LSAT score in most cases. Beginning
